Autographic register



May 29, 1923.

1,456,773 L. F. HAGEMANN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed July 17, 1917 I5 Sheets-Sheet l Ill May 29, 1923 HAGEMANN AUTOGRAPHIC' REGISTER INVENTOI? ATTORNE """Ma'y 29, 1923. 1'456'773 L. F. HAGEMANN AUTOGRAPHIC REGI STER Filed July 17, 7 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 IN VE/V T01? A ORNEY Patented May 29, I923.

UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS l. HAG-ANN, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO AIEBIGAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, A. CORPO- BATION OF ONTARIO.

AUTOGBAI'HIC REGISTER.

Application filed July 11, 1917. Serial No. 181,019.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS F. HAGEMANN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Niagara Falls, in the county of Nlagara and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the following 1s a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to autographie registers, and with regard to its more specific features to autographic registers adapted for use with a plurality of webs, An object of this inventlon is to provide a device of the character described adapted to feed a web over a support a predetermined amount, the amount being determined by the construction of the web.

A further object of the invention 1s to provide a device of the character described for feeding a plurality of webs over a support capable of aligning said webs with each other.

A further object of the invention is to provide a register of the character described capable of feeding a plurality of webs over a support adapted to stop the feeding of one or more of said webs independently of the others as it reaches predetermined position.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device of the character described with an improved means for maintaining a tension upon the rolls.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereto inafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings attached to this specification and forming a part hereof, in which similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views,- v

Figure 1 is a plan view of a register embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, taken partly in section;

Fig. 3 isuan end elevation, taken partly in'section;

Fig. 4 is a detail of the web feeding means tion is to be made, and the latter serving as a protection for the portion of the machine not covered by the support 5. Suitable tie rods, as 7 and 8, may extend be tween the side plates 3 to hold the side plates in position, and on one of these, as the rod 8, the top'plate 6 may be pivoted so as to enable it to be swung up free from the machine.

Means are provided for supporting a plurality of rolls of web between the side plates 3 and 4, and with regard to the broader aspects of this inventionany means may be employed for this purpose. Certain specific advantages are'obtained, however, by the use of the particular mechanism herein illustrated, and this particular mechanism and the use of it in an 'autographic register are within the scope of this invention.

Mounted upon the inner side ofeach of the side plates 3 and 4 are a pluralit of supporting lugs 11 having a substantially vertical portion 12 and an inclined portion 13. The lugs 11 on the side plate 4 will be of the same shape and in' the same correspondin position as those on the side plate 3 whereby there is formed between the side plates by means of these lugs a pocket in which the roll of web may be inserted.

It is within the b'road scope of this invention that any number of rolls of web may be used, but the feeding mechanism hereinafter described is particularly designed, and certain specific advantages are obtained, when it is used with a plurality of webs, especially with four or more.- In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing provision is made for the use of four webs. There will thus be four supporting lugs on each of the side plates 3 and 4, an they may conveniently beso macaw-re spaced that the vertical portion of one supporting lug will serve to keep the roll in place upon the next supporting lug in advance of it, except. for the last supportmg lug, which, by'reason of having no further supporting lugs to retain its roll in place, ma be supplemented b stop lugs 15.

Extending between t e side plates 3 and 4, preferably in sition to have their upper surface flush wit the lane of the support 5, are a plurality of gui e rollers 16, an these rollers will be at that end of the frame away from which the inclined portions 13 of the supporting lugs 11 slope, so that as a roll of web is placedupon the inclined portion of the supporting lugs and the end of the web is carried over the guide rollers, as shown in Fig. 2, the tension on the web will tend to cause the roll to rise on the inclined portion 13. Suitable anti-friction rollers 17 may if desired be placed opposite the vertical portion 12 of the supportinglelugs 11, against which the roll of web may at when the web is subjected to tension and upon the inclined portion, nearthe vertical portion to support the rod.

Means are provided for feeding the webs over the sup ort 5, and this means may be such as to ign the webs relative to each other and relative to the machine. This com rises means for feeding each web indepen ently of the other webs a predetermined amount measured by the web itself, that is, the webs and feeding means are so arranged that each web, as it reaches predetermined position, will automatically cease to co-op- .erate with the feeding means in such manner as to be fed further. To this end the web may be provided with a series of prepared portions of such a character that when a prepared portion comes opposite some predetermined portion of the feeding means, the feeding of the web b the feeding means will cease. Within the road scope of this invention any feeding means may be employed which is adapted to co-operate with the Web to feed the same until a prepared portion of 1 the web comes opposite some predetermined polnt, whereby the distance the web is fed is determined by the character of the Web; and, within the capacity of the machine, independently of the feeding mechanism. To accomplish in a practical manner this end the webs may be provided each with a series of feeding sections s aced apart from each other by a series 0 non-feeding sections, that is a series of sections so arranged as to co-operate with the primary feeding means to cause the feeding of the web, and separated from each other by sections which do not actively co-operate with the primary feedin means to feed the web;

In the embodiment illustrated each of the webs is perforations bearing a predetermined relaprovided with a series ofapertures 0r tionto tlie sales sl' s or other indicia that may be printed on t e web, and the feedin means is arranged to feed the web until such time as the perforations are opposite a predetermined point, whereupon such Web ceases actively to co-operate with the feeding means, even thou h movement of the feeding means be continued. Thus the strip of material between the perforations will act as a feeding section of t e web and the perforations W111 serve as non-feeding sections. It will be understood that the non-feeding sections may be provided upon the we otherwise th I by removing a portion of the web, as for example by any means which will cause the web not to co-operate with the prima feedi means.

As il ustrate the primary feeding means comprises rotary means for engaging the webs, which means are in line with the erforations in the Webs, and are of less width than the perforations, whereby when the feeding means comesopposite the perforations in the web, that web will no longer engage the feeding means to feed. Ot er superimposed webs, however, if the should ignment ich first not happen to be in longitudinal a with the web the perforations of w come opposite the feedin means, will continue to be fed by the feeding mdans, which is enabled to engage them through the perforations in the first aligned web.

In the drawings the numeral 20 indicates a shaft journaled in the side plates 3 and 4 having atits outer end convenient means for rotating the same, as for example an operating handle 21. 20 in lateral alignment with the perforations in the webs with which the device is intended to be used are drive rolls, feed rollers, or disks 22 which will preferably have a circumference slightl greater in length than the longest sales s i which the machine is intended to feed, an will be of a width, or thickness less than the lateral dimension of the perforations in the web. Attached to the sldeplates 3 and 4 are upstanding brackets 24 in which is journaled a shaft 25 carrying members, as rollers 26 opposite to, and adapted to co-operate with the feeding rollers, or disks 22, and for the purpose of maintaining the rollers 26 normally in engagement with the disks the journals of the shaft 25 in'the brackets 24 may be urged downwardly by springs 27 in sockets 28 in the brackets 24, the springs 27 being retained in place by screws 29. Thus the members 26 serve as pressure rolls.

In order to cause rotation of the rollers 26 and of the disks 22in unison, that is, with the same peripheral speed, a inion 30 ma be placed upon the shaft 25 a apted to mesh wit a gear 31 on the shaft 20.

With the above described construction a rotation of the shaft 20 would-cause the Mounted upon the shaft Ian asaaws feeding ef-a web situatedbetween the disks 22 and the-.rollers 26 until such time as the perforations-in the web. COmEOPPOSltB the point of "contact between the roller and the disk, whereupon the feeding forward of the end there is provided means for engaging the web elsewhere than at the perforation, as for example, at the side of the perforation. As illustrated, there is provided upon the side of the disk 22 a block 34 surfaces of which are so situated as to come into engagement with the roller 26 once during each revolution of the shaft 20, and this block 34:, as well as the rollers 26, are of sufficient width or are so situated as to bear upon the web at the side of the perforations.

In order to stop the rotation of the shaft 20 just after the block 34. comes intoengagement with the roller 26, a stop mechanism is provided. As illustrated, the grip 36 on the handle 21 is mounted for longitudinal movement on the handle and is held inwardly by a spring 37 and carries at its inner end a pin 38 adapted to engage with any suitable portion of the framework, as

for example with one of the brackets 24.

In order to assist in the aligning of the webs where a large number of webs, as for example, four, are employed, pins 39 may be placed upon the disks 22 in position to extend upwardly through the perforations in theweb, and these pins will be of sufficient length to bear upwardly against the rollers 26 and separate them from the disks. These pins will preferably be situated on the disks in such position that they will be in engagement with the rollers 26 when the pin 38 has stopped the rotation of the handle. The pins 39 are preferably situated between the advance and rear sides of the blocks 34; whereby, as the disks 22 are ro-* tated, the advance edge of the'blocks 34 will engage the web to move it a slight distance forward just before the pins intervene between the disks 22 and the rollers 26 to separate the latter. By this construction the advance edge of the perforation in the web will be moved beyond the point which the pins will occupy when the rollers are separated. Thusthe separation of the rollers will permit the tension on the webto draw the web backwardly against the pins, causing each web independently to snap back into position against the pins. Thus the pins 39 insure the more accurate aligning oradjusting of the webs and the printed forms thereon and assist in the operation,

when a large number of webs are to-be fed.

In order to permit free access to thein h terior of the Enachine, the support 5 maybe pivoted to the side plates 3 and 4, as by being j ournaled uponthe shaft 20.

Fonthe purpose of enablingthe projectingends of the webs to be torn from the web, a suitableite'aring bar, as 42, may be provided.

The operation of this device is as follows: Rolls of web maybe inserted in the frame of the machine'by throwing back the support 5' and'the'topplate 6 and-laying rolls upon the supporting lugs 11. The free end of the web. will thenbe carried over one of the guide rollers 16 and up over the support 5 and caused to pass between the disks 22 and the rollers 26. It will be understood that one guide roller'will be provided for each web. The rolls of web will preferably be placed in such position that the free end of theiweb will pull off the top of the roll. The topplate 6 may now be thrown over the lower portion of the free end of the web. Each of the webs in turn is thus carried up and over. the support, suitable carbon being placed between them for the purpose of making a manifold copy.

It will be convenient to start the machine with the webs substantially in alignment w'th each other, but the machine is capable of producing this alignment even if this is not done, and if the webs are not ,in alignment the operating handle 21 will be turned until such alignment is produced. The machine is now ready to have any inscription which may be desired made upon the first slip on the web.

To operate'themachine, the grip 36 on the operating handle 21 is moved outwardly to free the pin 38 from the bracket 24, and the shaft 20 is turned through one complete revolution until the pin 38 again comes in contact with the bracket"24. During this revolution the feeding ofall four webs will continue due to the co-operation between the disks 22 and the rollers 26 until the perforations in any web reach the point of contact betweenthe rollers and the disk. Thereupon there will be no engagement with that webto feed the same, and the feeding thereof will be prevented by the tension on the web, Any other web, however, the perforations of which have. not yet reached the point of contact between the disk and theroller, will continue to be fed until its perforations in turn ,reach such point of contact.

Thus each web-in turn willbe fed the distance of the sales slip on the end of the web, and this is't'rue regardless of whether the sales slips onthe differentwebs are of the same length v0r of diflfercnt lengths, and regardless of whether the successive sales web in engagement with said member, and means carried by said member for separating said member and said last-mentioned means at a predetermined instant in the feeding operation.

3. A device of the character described adapted for use with a web provided with longitudinally spaced perforations, comprising, in combination, a support for a web, means for feeding said web over said support com rising a member adapted to engage sai web in longitudmal alignment with the perforations, means adapted to hold said web in engagement w1th saidmember, and means carried by said member adapted to extend through said web at the perforations and bear against said last-mentioned means to separate said member and said means.

4. A device of the character described, comprising, in combination, a support for webs, means for feeding and approximately aligning a plurality of webs relative to said support, means for complet ng the allgnment of the webs, comprising means for feeding the approximately aligned webs forward a slight distance, means to free the webs from restraint against retrograde motion, and means to stop retrograde motion ofthe webs to retain the webs in predetermined position.

5. A device of the character described adapted for use with webs having longitudinally spaced perforations, comprising, in combination, a support for webs, means for feeding webs relative to said support comprising means for engaging said web in alignment with the per orations whereby said web will be fed a distance equal to the distance between perforations, means to engage said web at the side of said perforations to feed the web slightly forward after the webs have been substantially aligned, means for releasing the web from the feeding means after said slight forward feed, and means for enga 'ng the edge of the perforations to restrain the retrograde motion of the web to hold the' webs in alignment.

6. In a device of the character described, in combination, a feed roller. and cooperative member adapted to grip and feed a web, and means adapted to separate said rollerand member and effect the alignment of the web including a web aligning pin carried by said roller.

7. In an autographic re ister, in combination, a roll feed for uplicate paper strips, means for positively engaging the paper strips at the line of feed to shift them into alignment with each other for each feeding operation, and means for releasing the strips from frictional feeding contact of the roll during shiftin 8. In a device of the character escribed,

in combination, a feed roller. and cooperative member adapted to grip and feed a web, and a web aligning pm carried by said roller and disposed to separate said roller and member at a predetermined point in the rotation of said roller.

9. In a device of the character discribed, in combination, a feed roller and cooperative member adapted to grip and feed a web, the gripping surface of said roller bein of a width to enter apertures in the we and thereby cause cessation of feed, and a starting feed surface fixed to said roller to efi'ect resumption of feed, and a web aligning pin carried by said roller and adapted to separate said roller and member at a predetermined point in the rotation of the roller.

10. In a device of the character described, in combination, a feed roller and cooperative member adapted to grip and feed a web, the gripping surface of said roller being of a wldth to enter apertures in the web and thereby cause cessation of feed, a starting feed surface fixed to said roller to effect resumption of feed, and a web ali ing pin carried by said roller and adapte to enter said apertures and separate said roller and member at a predetermined point in the rotation of the roller.

11. In a device of the character described,

ing feed surface fixed to said roller to effect resumption of feed, and a web ali 'ng pin carried by said roller and adapte to enter said vapertures and separate said roller and member at a predetermined point in the rotation of the roller, said starting surface being partly in advance of said pin.

12. In a device of the character described, in combination, a feed roller and cooperative member adapted to grip and feed a web, the gripping surface of said roller bein of a width to enter apertures in the we and thereby cause cessation of feed, a starting feed surface fixed to said roller to effect resumption of feed, and a web aligning pin carried by said roller and adapted to enter said apertures and separate said roller and member at a predetermined point in the rotation of the roller, said starting surface being partly in advance of said pin and partly in rear of said pin. 7

13. In a device of the character described, in combination, a feed roller and cooperative member adapted to grip and feed a Web, the peripheral length of said roller being slightly greater than the length of a single sales slip of said web, a handle for operating said roller, .a stop to arrest the roller upon a single rotation thereof,

and a web aligning pin movable to separate said .roller and member, said pin being arranged to separate said roller and member upon the arrest of said roller by said stopd 14. In a device of the character descri in combination, a pair of intergeared cooperative feed rollers, the peripheral length 0 one of said rollers being slightly greater than the len h of a single sales slip of said web, a hen e for operating said rollers, a stop to arrest feed by said rollers upon rotation sufficient to feed a len h of web approximately equal to that o a single sales slip, a web aligning pin carried by one of said rollers into and out of aperturw in the web and into and out of contact with the other roller to raise and lower the latter, said pin being disposed to space said rollers apart at the time of arrest of their rotation by said sto 1%. In a device of the character described, in combination, a, pair of rollers adapted to feed a web, one of said rollers being of a Width to enter apertures in said web and cause cessation of feed, a handle for operatin said rollers, a stop to arrest feed by said ali ro lers upon rotation suflicient to feed a predetermined length of web, and a movable web ali ning pln adapted to separate said feed rol ers upon arrest of said feed by said stop.

16. In a device of the character described, in combination, a pair of rollers adapted to feeda web, one of said rollers being of a width to enter apertures in said web and cause cessation of feed, a handle for operatsaid rollers, a stop to arrest feed by said ro ers upon rotation sufficient to feed a predetermined length of web, a movable web 'ng pin a apted to separate said feed rol ers upon arrest of said feed by said stop, and rotatable web gripping surfaces, one in advance and one in rearof said pin, adapted to grip said web at the side of the apertures therein. 17. In a device of the character described, in combination, a pair of rollers adapted to feed a web, one of said rollers being of a width to enter apertures in said web and cause cessation of feed, a. handle for operating said rollers, a, stop to arrest feed by said rollers upon rotation sufficient to feed a predetermined length of web, a movable web ali ing pin adapted to separate said feed ro ers upon arrest of said feed by said stop, and rotatable web gripping surfaces,

one 1n advance and one in rear of said pin, adapted to grip said web at the side of the apertures therein, one just before said rollers are separated and the other after said rollers grip the web immediately after being sepa rated.

18. In a friction-roll manifolder employing perforated form strips, a pair of cooperative rolls for feeding said strips, a pin esa-77a on one roll for enga mg form perforations, and means for provi tween said rolls durin said pin engagement.

19. In an autograp ic register, a pair of revoluble rolls held together under tension, means for revolving them to feed duplicate strips of paper between them, and rotatable pins for ositively engaging the strips of paper at t e line of feed to shift theminto alignment with each other for each feeding operation. I

20. In an autographic register, a feed roll, a yieldingly-pressed roll bearing against it for feeding duplicate strips of paper, a pair of pins on the feed roll adapted to engage alignin perforations in the pa er, and means or lifting the tension roll 0 the feed roll during the engagement of the pins with said perforations. 21. In an autographic register, a feed roll, a yieldingly-pressed roll bearing against it ing form clearance befor feeding duplicate strips of paper, a pair said strips, means for relaxing the pressure between the rolls after feeding said strips a predetermined distance, and form adjusting means on said drive roll for engaging form perforations atgthe time of said pressure relaxation. I

23. In a friction-roll manifolder, a pair of revolvable rolls and means for holding them together under tension, means for revolvin said rolls to feed duplicate strips of paper Iietween them, means for separating the roll surfaces after said feeding action, and means adapted to move longitudinally of the line of feed for ositively engaging the paper strips to shitt them into al1gnment with each other for each feeding operation.

24. In an autographic register, in-combination, a pair of feed rolls, pressed toward each other, for feeding a plurality of super posed strips between them, and means adapted to relieve the grip of said rolls on said strips and align the strips, including a pin on one roll adapted to engage aligning apertures in said strips during sald relief of grip.

25. In an autographic register, in c0mbination, a pair of feed rolls, pressed toward eachother, for feeding a plurality of superposed strips between them, andmeans adapted to relieve the grip of said rolls on said strips just before the close of each separate feed operation of said rolls and align the strips, including a pin on one roll adapted to engage aligning a ertures in said strips during said relief 0 grip.

26. In an autographic register, in combination, a pair of feed rolls, pressed toward each other, for feeding a plurality of superposed strips between them, and means adapted to move said rolls apart and align the strips including a pin on one roll adapted to engage aligning apertures in said strips while said rolls are apart.

27. In an autographic register, in combination, a pair of feed rolls, pressed toward each other, for feeding a plurality of superposed strips between them, and means, rotatable with one of said rolls, adapted to relieve the grip of said rolls on said strips and align the strips, including a pin on one roll adapted to engage ali ing apertures in said strips during said re ief of grip.

28. In an autographic register, in combination, a pair of feed rolls, pressed toward each other, for feeding a plurality of superposed strips between them, and means, r0- tatable with one of said rolls, adapted to move said rolls apart and align the strips, including a pin on one roll adapted to engage aligning apertures in said strips while said rolls are apart. 7

29. In an autographic register, in combination, a pair of feed rolls, pressed toward each other, for feeding a plurality of superposed strips between them, means adapted to relieve the grip of said rolls on said strips and align the strips, including a pin on one roll adapted to engage alignin apertures in said strips during said re ief of grip, and a stop adapted to temporarily arrest said pin in position engaging said aper- I tures between successive feeding operations of said rolls.

30. In an autographic register, in combination, a pair of feed rolls, pressed toward each other, for feeding a plurality of superposed strips between them, means adapted to move said rolls apart and align the strips, including a pin on one roll adapted to engage aligning apertures in said strips while said rolls are apart, and a stop adapted to temporarily arrest said in in position engaging said apertures tween successive eedi operations of said rolls.

31. 11 an autographic register, the combination with a roll feed element for duplicate strips provided with holes, aligning pins on the roll feed element to engage 111 the holes and feed the strips forward, said pins being located in a line transverse to the direction of the feed of the strips, and means for releasing the strips from frictional feeding contact of the roll during the feeding operation of the aligning pins.

32. In an autographic register, a feed roll,

a yieldingly-pres'ed roll bearing against it for feeding duplicate strips of paper by friction, a pair of pins on the feed roll adapted to engage aligning perforations in the paper, spaced apart lengthwise of the paper, and means for lifting the tension roll ofl the feed roll during the engagement of the 1pins with said perforations, said feed roll aving a greater circumference than the spacin of the perforations.

33. n a friction-roll manifolder employing perforated form strips, a pressure roll and a cooperative drive roll having a. circumference substantially equal to a form length for feeding said strips, pins on said drive roll for engaging form perforations at each revolution thereof, and means for relaxin the feeding pressure on the strips at the t1me of said pin engagement, said pins being idle for feeding during the reater part of a revolution of said drive r0 1.

34. In a friction-roll manifolder provided with form strips having holes spaced apart the length of a form, a drive roll having a circumference substantially equal to a form length and a cooperative driven roll, pins on said drive roll in normal engagement with form holes, means for effecting clearance between the rolls during the pin engagement, means for turning sald drive roll a revolution of each feeding operation, and means for strippin the forms from said ins during the initial movement of said rive roll.

35. In a friction-roll manifolder provided with form strips having holes spaced apart the length of a form, a drive roll having a. circumference substantially equal to a form length, means for locking and releasing said drive roll at each revolution thereof, a pressure roll cooperating with said drive roll for feeding forms nearly a form length, pins on said drive roll in engagement with form holes when said drive roll is locked, means in said drive roll for rendering the forms loosely held during said pin engagement, and a stripper ad acent said driven roll having notches for the passage of said p In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses LOUIS F. HAGEMANN. Witnesses:

WILLIS B. RICE, C. J Kommno. 

